Check out the temperatures, more than 10 above average in spots. We are at 68 in tampa. 67 in bradenton. 63 degrees, moving up to brooksville. We can thank the southeasterly wind direction for what will be a warm and muggy tuesday afternoon with high temperatures well above average. It will be a little breezy, too. We will eventually turn some of the mugginess into shower chances later in the week more than a half dozen degrees above average. Max defending 8 is quiet. We could have a few more sprinkles with a front coming through thursday. We need rain around here. Knock on wood. I dont know that there is wood here. We will find that. For now lets take a look at the maps. Very quiet. Earlier crash in st. Pete has been cleared. You will see a lot of green 275 looks fantastic. 15 minutes the drive time from the apex in through i4. 75 is clear as well. A crash on 75 northbound past cortez boulevard in hernando county. Fhp is on scene but they say all lanes are clear. Gayle, gene, over to
Hour of our tuesday already above average in many locations and heading up near records this afternoon. 77 degrees right now. Beautiful out of the lakeland auto mall in polk county, just a few high clouds and fair weather clouds welling on up. The predominant wind direction is out of the southeast pumping up some of that warm humid area. 80 in bartow. Venice check out the dew points low 70s already thats muggy stuff especially for this time of the year and youll notice that moving on through the afternoon hours. Theres your wind direction at about 10 to 15 Miles Per Hour. Already seeing gusts this morning up around 20 Miles Per Hour, so it will be breezy through the second part of the day. Max defender 8 is completely clear, breaking news this morning as the sun has risen over the Great Smoky Mountains in east tennessee you can see wildfires moving dangerously close to the resort towns of gatlinburg and pigeon forge. Both of those towns under mandatory evacuation orders. More than 30 h
Things sounds good. The crime rate is lower by just over 3 . Reporter department of Law Enforcement released a midyear report showing that the First Six Months of 2016 were safer than last year. Really driven down by aggravated assault, larceny and burglary. Reporter but its not all good news. Murder is up more than 15 and raped increased by 2 . The 561 does accounted include the victims of the pulse nightclub shooting. That is one reason why murder is up across the state. The number one highest creamery in florida. Reporter ball mcneil who formerly served as floridas department of corrections secretary ran a campaign centered around blowing the crime rate. He says the numbers are concerning. Very much so and thats something we have all got to community and look at the demographics and people who are being released from prison back in our communities, often times with circumstances that fuel crime in our communities. Reporter mcneils new job means he inherits the county with the highes
The trash strewn property. They recovered a skull, lower vertebrae and a femur, a womans size 5 sneaker and iphone and head scarf. I hope they can identify the person and get all the remains out of here. And find out what happened. Find out what really happened here. That will be the task of the medical Examiners Office that will try to identify the person. And if possible try to determine the cause and manner of death, simply put is this a homicide or Something Else . John rawlins, channel 6 action news. No signature but no veto either. Governor tom wolf will allow a republican backed budget to become law on sunday. The 39 billion budget comes with a 3 spending increasing and 22 million goes to cash strapped schools half of what the governor was seeking, its not balanced but now the legislature can get to work next year. We cannot afford a budget that doesnt provide the things that pennsylvanians need from their government. Lets be honest with ourselves and create a responsible budge
This morning. The rocket carried more than three tons of food and supplies to the space station. It launched earlier this morning from kazakhstan, just hours after yesterdays explosion of a rocket exploded at Wallops Island, virginia. People watching the unmanned rocket launch were jolted by the explosion. Crews are back out there this morning, investigating the debris field left behind by the rocket. It was operated by orbital sciences, a Company Based in dulles. Nasa says the rocket began to slow down and break apart shortly after liftoff. The staff sent a selfdestruct command to intentionally destroy the rocket before it hit the ground. This morning, were also learning the engines were refurbished made in russia. He could tell the rocket didnt have enough speed before it exploded. You can actually hear the sound waves come, and it i dont know, maybe a second or two after the additional crash of it, that comes across. Everybodys sort of in shock and awe at this point. And then that t